Ontogeny of body size variation in Afric
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Leigh, Steven R.; Shea, Brian T.
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Article
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1996
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Size variation in African apes (Gorilla gorilla [gorilla], Pan paniscus [pygmy chimpanzee], and Pan troglodytes ["common" chimpanzee]) is substantial, both within and between species. We investigate the possible evolutionary significance of this variation through a n analysis of the ontogeny of size